Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 33
... lived had reason to lament his obstinacy of silence ; " for he was , " says Steele , " above all men in that talent called humour , and enjoyed it in such perfection that I have often reflected , after a night spent with him apart from ...
... lived had reason to lament his obstinacy of silence ; " for he was , " says Steele , " above all men in that talent called humour , and enjoyed it in such perfection that I have often reflected , after a night spent with him apart from ...
Page 61
... lived some time upon very uneasy terms with her hus- band , thought a public confession of adultery the most obvious and expeditious method of obtaining her liberty ; and therefore declared that the child with which she was then great ...
... lived some time upon very uneasy terms with her hus- band , thought a public confession of adultery the most obvious and expeditious method of obtaining her liberty ; and therefore declared that the child with which she was then great ...
Page 63
... lived , always looked upon him with that tenderness which the barbarity of his mother made peculiarly necessary ; but her death , which happened in his tenth year , was another of the misfortunes of his childhood , for though she kindly ...
... lived , always looked upon him with that tenderness which the barbarity of his mother made peculiarly necessary ; but her death , which happened in his tenth year , was another of the misfortunes of his childhood , for though she kindly ...
Page 90
... lived with great familiarity with Dennis , he wrote an epigram against him . Mr. Savage , however , set all the malice of all the pigmy writers at defiance , and thought the friendship of Mr. Pope cheaply purchased by being exposed to ...
... lived with great familiarity with Dennis , he wrote an epigram against him . Mr. Savage , however , set all the malice of all the pigmy writers at defiance , and thought the friendship of Mr. Pope cheaply purchased by being exposed to ...
Page 121
... lived by chance , eating only when he was invited to the tables of his acquaintances , from which the meanness of his dress often excluded him , when the politeness and variety of his conversation would have been thought a sufficient ...
... lived by chance , eating only when he was invited to the tables of his acquaintances , from which the meanness of his dress often excluded him , when the politeness and variety of his conversation would have been thought a sufficient ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote